Best Riding Unicorns Productions Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 584: "A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey" and "Night of the Reaper" 1:00:14

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You know, if you're gonna call your movie A BIG, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY (2:42), your movie better big, bold, and motherfucking beautiful. So is Kogonada's latest big? Bold? Beautiful? Megan and Dave let you know! Does it stand up to COLUMBUS and AFTER YANG? Then Evan joins in for a discussion of NIGHT OF THE REAPER (30:20), a slasher set in the '8…

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Building Outreach to a $4bn unicorn and helping AI agents get paid with Paid.ai - Manny Medina, Co-Founder & CEO @ Paid.ai 50:38

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This week on Riding Unicorns, we’re joined by Manny Medina, the visionary founder behind Outreach — the $4B sales engagement unicorn — and now co-founder & CEO of Paid.ai, a startup pioneering how AI agents get priced, paid, and scaled. We dive into Manny’s remarkable journey from zero to $250M+ ARR with Outreach, the gritty early days of selling d…

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Episode 583: "The Long Walk," "Highest 2 Lowest," and "Or Something" 1:06:02

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We have three movies on the show this week, starting with THE LONG WALK (2:59), which Megan saw. It's violent. It has a dose of scatology. It has a different ending from the Stephen King/Richard Bachman book. Judy Greer is great in it. But did Megan like it? Then Megan and Evan talk HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (17:26), the latest Spike Lee joint, starring Den…

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Dialed Podcast 374 - Balancing Fun and Training to Maintain the Enjoyment of Cycling 1:05:45

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Send us a text We had a great question that touched on an issue we have all been confronted with at some point... How do you balance having fun on the bike without getting burned out sticking to a training program that will help you achieve your goals? Support the show

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Building, Backing & Scaling in an AI-Native World with Kenneth Auchenberg, Partner @ AlleyCorp 47:26

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In this episode we are joined by Kenneth Auchenberg, Partner at AlleyCorp — one of New York’s most prolific early-stage funds known for incubating companies like MongoDB, Business Insider, and Radical AI. Kenneth’s journey from coding at 16 in Copenhagen to shaping global developer ecosystems at Stripe and Microsoft gives him a unique lens into the…

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Episode 582: "Dangerous Animals," "Caught Stealing," and "The Baltimorons" 59:14

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Evan is off this week, so Megan regales Dave with a tale so strange, we thought we'd never hear it on Spoilerpiece: Jai Courtey is excellent in DANGEROUS ANIMALS (2:31). Who knew? He's a serial killer who loves sharks! Then they caught up with Darren Aronofsky's CAUGHT STEALING (7:30), which is not the movie either Megan or Dave signed up for (it's…

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Inside the Quantum Infrastructure Revolution with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder & CEO @ Nu Quantum 43:33

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This week on Riding Unicorns, we’re joined by Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a pioneering company building the networking layer for the quantum computing era. Carmen’s journey started in academia, researching quantum photonics, before she spun out Nu Quantum from the University of Cambridge. Now backed by top deep tech i…

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Dialed Podcast 373 - Best All-Around Rider, Best Value Gravel Groupset, WTF are some drivers thinking??!? 1:29:44

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Send us a text What is the Best All-Around Rider competition, how does it work, and how can you win it? A listener asks for advice on putting together the best value gravel groupset for a bike build. What the [ice cream sandwich] are some drivers thinking? Support the show

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Episode #581: "Love, Brooklyn," and "A Little Prayer" 1:01:43

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This week Megan and Evan took in director Rachel Abigail Holder's romantic drama LOVE, BROOKLYN (2:00), starring André Holland, Nicole Beharie, and DeWanda Wise. Short version: They liked it, with Megan revisiting it after seeing it at Sundance earlier this year. Next, Dave joins them for A LITTLE PRAYER (28:09), a quiet and understated Southern fa…

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Building the "Lovable of Marketing" with Patrick Haede, Co-Founder & CEO @ Superscale AI 56:31

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In this episode, we're joined by Patrick Haede, the founder of Superscale AI, a breakout new startup transforming how digital products are marketed. 🚀 Inspired by Lovable’s success in democratising product-building, Patrick saw the next major frontier: distribution. In a world where anyone can now build a product, how do you market it effectively? …

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Episode #580: "The Thursday Murder Club" and "Lurker" 1:02:40

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This week we all watched the Chris Columbis-directed THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB (working title: Olds Detect), a comedy-drama about four friends (Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie), residents of an assisted living facility, who solve cold cases. That is, until a very real and current case lands in their laps when the facility…

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Dialed Podcast 372 - TdF Femmes, Weighing in on Weight, eBike Domination and Are You Packing Protection? 1:29:54

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Send us a text We're all finally back together to discuss the TdF Femmes, should we be critiquing or discussing people's weight, are eBikes threatening cycling as we know it, and are you packing heat? We also answer some listener questions, and per usual, go off on a few tangents. Enjoy the podcast! Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, …

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Episode #579: "Went Up the Hill" and "Night Always Comes" 1:02:30

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Evan is off this week, so Megan and Dave are joined by The Lady Wan of ScreenRun. They talk about the ghost story WENT UP THE HILL (5:03), starring Vicky Krieps and Dacre Montgomery, about a widow mourning her wife's recent death, and the wife's long-lost son who arrives for the funeral. Is this ghost benevolent or not so benevolent? Then they talk…

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Scaling from startup to £70M+ funding in 16 months with Paul Anthony, Co-founder of Primer & Colossal 55:58

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Paul Anthony is the co-founder of Primer, a rapidly growing payment orchestration platform with over 200 employees and more than £70 million in funding from top-tier investors including Seed Camp, Balderton, Accel, and Iconic. His journey began as the first employee at a FinTech startup (now called Depay), followed by a stint at PayPal's Braintree …

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Episode #578: "Weapons" and "My Mother's Wedding" 55:25

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This week Dave watched writer-director Zach Cregger's latest, WEAPONS (1:45). After not being enamored of, but not disliking, BARBARIAN, Cregger's previous feature, Dave's expectations were low-ish. But now having seen this nasty, gnarly, anti-fascist screed dressed up as a horror movie, WEAPONS is likely going on his 2025 top ten list. If you can …

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Simone Maini, CEO @ Elliptic, on Leading Through Crypto Winters and Building Elliptic into a Blockchain Analytics Leader 37:05

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In this episode of Riding Unicorns, James and Hector sit down with Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, the world’s leading blockchain analytics company. Simone’s career path is anything but conventional — from a history degree and Deutsche Bank to leading a $100M+ funded crypto intelligence powerhouse. 🧠 After 8 years in banking and a stint in anti-mone…

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Dialed Podcast 371 - Was the TdF boring? New riding destinations? Why are we so busy? 1:34:25

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Send us a text We recap some final thoughts on the Tour and debate whether or not it was boring. We also plot some new riding destinations and why they are on our radar. discuss why we have been so freaking busy, and cover some great listener questions from the EPO Chainmail. Enjoy the podcast! Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healt…

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Episode #577: "She Rides Shotgun," "Together," and "To Kill a Wolf" 1:06:45

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Dave can't make it this week, so we (Megan and Evan) fly duo. Megan kicks things off by reviewing Michael Shanks's horror film TOGETHER (2:31), starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie. It doesn't conclude quite as effectively as she hoped, but it still features some gnarly body horror and has something powerful to say about codependen…

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Pattern recognition and backing Europe's next unicorns with Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner @ Accel 39:32

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From international math olympiads to high-frequency trading to leading deals at Accel, Andrei Brasoveanu has carved one of the most impressive careers in European tech. After a decade on Wall Street as a quant, he joined Accel’s London office and quickly became one of their top investors—backing breakout companies like Celonis and, more recently, P…

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Episode #576: "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," "Oh, Hi!," and "House on Eden" 1:08:06

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This week Megan took in the latest movie featuring Pedro Pascal looking comfortable in any setting: THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (2:18). Evan and Dave watched the dark comedy OH, HI! (16:37) with Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman, and all three Spoilerpiecers saw HOUSE ON EDEN (43:33), a found-footage horror movie written, directed by, and starring …

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Episode #575: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (2025), "Unicorns," and "Daniela Forever" 1:06:10

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Evan sat in on legacy sequel I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2:37) and fills Megan and Dave in on whether it's good, bad (or ugly), or in between. Then Megan and Evan talk about queer romance UNICORNS (20:25), and all three of them get down to brass tacks on DANIELA FOREVER (40:38), a film that smacks of RUBY SPARKS, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLE…

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Episode #574: "Superman" and "Brick" 1:00:38

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It's that time, gang! James Gunn's SUPERMAN is finally here, and Evan and Megan saw it. Is it good? Is it an origin story? Is it better than SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE? Do they like the dog? Does David Corenswet hold his own against Christopher Reeve's legacy? Evan and Megan have lots to say, and they also have some observations about Richard…

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Dialed Podcast 370 - SRAM joins us again to talk about a bunch of great tech and the Tour de France 2:03:49

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Send us a text Troy and Derek from SRAM join us again to discuss tech at the Tour de France, new SRAM products, and answer a bunch of our questions. We also recap everything that has happened in the tour thus far and our thoughts on what's to come. This is a long one, so make sure you stick around until the end for some great stories! Fit, Healthy …

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Episode #573: "Sweet Relief" and "Sorry, Baby" 1:04:29

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Megan and Dave are a duo again this week (Evan returns next week!), and they tackle SWEET RELIEF (2:57), a movie being marketed as "mumblegore." Like mumblecore! (Get it?) What did we think? Here's the short version: Could have used a lot more gore and a lot less mumble. And then Megan and Dave move on to SORRY, BABY (23:48), Eva Victor's debut as …

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Dialed Podcast 369 - 2025 Tour de France, Oregon Trail Gravel Stage race recap, and some great listener questions! 1:20:48

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Send us a text We run through all of our thoughts going into the Tour de France, recap the Oregon Trail Gravel stage race, and cover a bunch of great listener questions that were sent in. Want to join our free TdF Fantasy league? Go to Tour de France Fantasy by Tissot and search for "Dialed Podcast" or League 31745. Enjoy the podcast! Fit, Healthy …

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Building Europe’s Investment Rails with Martin Kassing, Founder & CEO @ Upvest 40:12

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This week on Riding Unicorns, we're joined by Martin Kassing, founder and CEO of Upvest, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech infrastructure companies. Martin’s journey spans private equity, Rocket Internet, multiple startups, and now leading a company that powers investment products for the likes of Revolut and N26. In this wide-ranging convers…

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Dialed Podcast 368 - New SRAM and Garmin products, a boring TdF?, the love/hate for Whoop, and why are you still training? 1:24:25

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Send us a text Will the Tour de France be boring this year? New SRAM and Garmin product drops. Why the love-hate relationship with Whoop? Why are you training when you have no events or races on the calendar? Enjoy the podcast! Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus... Listen…

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Episode #572: "M3GAN 2.0," "Rent Free," and "My Mom Jayne" 52:15

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On this week's episode, Megan talks about M3GAN 2.0 (2:58), the sci-fi action sequel which sees the return of the murderous robotic doll, directed by Gerard Johnstone and starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, and Jenna Davis. Flawed yet intermittently fun, it's inferior to the sharply crafted and delightful original horror film. Then, Megan tal…

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RU Summit 2025 with Yoann Pavy and Oana Jinga, in Partnership with Cooley LLP 33:43

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In this special Riding Unicorns episode, recorded live during London Tech Week and hosted at Cooley’s London HQ, we bring you two candid conversations from the frontline of startup building. 🚀 First up: Yoann Pavy, a growth marketing veteran (ex-Deliveroo, Depop, Perkbox), shares why distribution-first thinking is flipping product development on it…

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Episode #571: "28 Years Later," "Elio," and "The Queen of My Dreams" 1:06:18

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Evan is off this week, so it's Dave and Megan as a duo. First, Megan discusses THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (1:42), Fawzia Mirza's comedy-drama about a Bollywood-loving queer Pakistani-Canadian woman (Amrit Kaur) navigating her complicated relationship with her mother (Nimra Bucha) after a tragedy. It's a lovely film with great performances, vibrant cost…